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Bjarte H. Jordal

Bjarte H. Jordal

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Ecology and Evolution

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33
Citations
4121
World Ranking
7897
National Ranking
133

Overview

Bjarte H. Jordal is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway and has an extensive research record in agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several fields, with a particular focus on insect science, ecology, and genetics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, subfields of focus include:

  • Insect Science
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change

Their research topics reflect a concentrated interest in insect ecology and taxonomy, including:

  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies

Jordal's publication record includes contributions to several journals and venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Zootaxa
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • European Journal of Entomology
  • Insect Systematics and Diversity

Among recent papers, the following are notable for their relevance and scope:

  • "The Essential Role of Taxonomic Expertise in the Creation of DNA Databases for the Identification and Delimitation of Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle Species (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)" (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)" (2020, Insect Systematics and Diversity)
  • "Origin and evolution of fungus farming in wood-boring Coleoptera - a palaeontological perspective" (2021, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • "A phylogenetic and taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Micracidini (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) reveals a strong diversifying role for Madagascar" (2021, Organisms Diversity & Evolution)
  • "DNA from resin-embedded organisms: Past, present and future" (2020, PLoS ONE)

Frequent co-authors in Jordal's research collaborations include:

  • Sarah M. Smith
  • Anna Seniczak
  • Stanisław Seniczak
  • Anthony I. Cognato
  • James R. M. Bickerstaff

Best Publications

  • THE EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE IN BEETLES (CURCULIONIDAE: SCOLYTINAE AND PLATYPODINAE)

    Brian D. Farrell;Andrea S. Sequeira;Brian C. O'Meara;Benjamin B. Normark;Benjamin B. Normark

  • Evolution and diversity of bark and Ambrosia beetles

    Lawrence R. Kirkendall;Peter H.W. Biedermann;Bjarte H. Jordal

  • Bulk De Novo Mitogenome Assembly from Pooled Total DNA Elucidates the Phylogeny of Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)

    Conrad P.D.T. Gillett;Alex Crampton-Platt;Martin J.T.N. Timmermans;Bjarte Henry Jordal

  • Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogenetics of Bark Beetles

    Jiri Hulcr;Thomas H. Atkinson;Anthony I. Cognato;Bjarte H. Jordal

  • Origin of a haplodiploid beetle lineage

    Benjamin B Normark;Bjarte H Jordal;Bjarte H Jordal;Brian D Farrell

  • The ambrosia symbiosis is specific in some species and promiscuous in others: evidence from community pyrosequencing

    Martin Kostovcik;Craig C Bateman;Miroslav Kolarik;Lukasz L Stelinski

  • Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles reveals multiple origins of fungus farming during periods of global warming

    Bjarte Henry Jordal;Anthony Ignacio Cognato

  • The age and phylogeny of wood boring weevils and the origin of subsociality.

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Andrea S. Sequeira;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Tracing the origin of a cryptic invader: phylogeography of the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) species complex

    Richard Stouthamer;Paul Rugman-Jones;Pham Q. Thu;Akif Eskalen

  • Evolutionary radiation of an inbreeding haplodiploid beetle lineage (Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Bjarte H. Jordal;Benjamin B. Normark;Brian D. Farrell

  • Breaking taboos in the tropics: incest promotes colonization by wood‐boring beetles

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Roger A. Beaver;Lawrence R. Kirkendall

  • DNA barcoding of bark and ambrosia beetles reveals excessive NUMTs and consistent east-west divergence across Palearctic forests.

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Marius Kambestad

  • Phylogeny of haplo–diploid, fungus-growing ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) inferred from molecular and morphological data

    Anthony I. Cognato;Jiri Hulcr;Stephanie A. Dole;Bjarte H. Jordal

  • Polyphyly of Xylosandrus Reitter inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

    Stephanie A. Dole;Bjarte H. Jordal;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Phylogenomics clarifies repeated evolutionary origins of inbreeding and fungus farming in bark beetles (Curculionidae, Scolytinae).

    Andrew J. Johnson;Duane D McKenna;Bjarte H. Jordal;Anthony I. Cognato

  • Apparent 'sympatric' speciation in ecologically similar herbivorous beetles facilitated by multiple colonizations of an island.

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Brent C. Emerson;Godfrey M. Hewitt

  • THE EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE IN BEETLES (CURCULIONIDAE: SCOLYTINAE AND PLATYPODINAE)

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  • The origin and radiation of Macaronesian beetles breeding in Euphorbia: the relative importance of multiple data partitions and population sampling.

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Godfrey M. Hewitt

  • Resource use of insect seed predators during general flowering and seeding events in a Bornean dipterocarp rain forest

    M. Nakagawa;T. Itioka;K. Momose;T. Yumoto

  • The Essential Role of Taxonomic Expertise in the Creation of DNA Databases for the Identification and Delimitation of Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle Species (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)

    Anthony I. Cognato;Gina Sari;Sarah M. Smith;Roger A. Beaver

  • The phylogenetic systematics of spilomelinae and pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology.

    Richard Mally;James E. Hayden;Christoph Neinhuis;Bjarte Henry Jordal

  • Small, uniform, and rarely collected-an integrated taxonomic revision of Afromicracis bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae).

    Bjarte Jordal

  • Extraordinary sex ratios and the evolution of male neoteny in sib-mating Ozopemon beetles

    Bjarte H. Jordal;Bjarte H. Jordal;Roger A. Beaver;Benjamin B. Normark;Benjamin B. Normark;Brian D. Farrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony I. Cognato
Anthony I. Cognato Michigan State University
Jiri Hulcr
Jiri Hulcr University of Florida
Brian D. Farrell
Brian D. Farrell Harvard University
Brent C. Emerson
Brent C. Emerson Spanish National Research Council
Thomas Bolger
Thomas Bolger University College Dublin
Alfried P. Vogler
Alfried P. Vogler Imperial College London
Godfrey M. Hewitt
Godfrey M. Hewitt University of East Anglia
Randy C. Ploetz
Randy C. Ploetz University of Florida
Akif Eskalen
Akif Eskalen University of California, Davis
Richard A. B. Leschen
Richard A. B. Leschen Landcare Research

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